Harrie Lavreysen

Harrie Lavreysen
Lavreysen in 2024
Personal information
Born (1997-03-14) 14 March 1997
Luyksgestel, Netherlands
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing the  Netherlands
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 5 0 1
World Championships 20 3 0
European Championships 14 4 2
European Games 2 1 0
Dutch Track Championships 13 5 3
Total 54 13 6
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Sprint
2020 Tokyo Team sprint
2024 Paris Sprint
2024 Paris Team sprint
2024 Paris Keirin
2020 Tokyo Keirin
World Championships
2018 Apeldoorn Team sprint
2019 Pruszków Sprint
2019 Pruszków Team sprint
2020 Berlin Sprint
2020 Berlin Keirin
2020 Berlin Team sprint
2021 Roubaix Sprint
2021 Roubaix Keirin
2021 Roubaix Team sprint
2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Sprint
2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Keirin
2023 Glasgow Sprint
2023 Glasgow Team sprint
2024 Ballerup Sprint
2024 Ballerup 1 km time trial
2024 Ballerup Team sprint
2025 Santiago Sprint
2025 Santiago Keirin
2025 Santiago 1 km time trial
2025 Santiago Team sprint
2017 Hong Kong Sprint
2017 Hong Kong Team sprint
2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Team sprint
European Games
2019 Minsk Keirin
2019 Minsk Team sprint
2019 Minsk Sprint
European Championships
2018 Glasgow Team sprint
2019 Apeldoorn Keirin
2019 Apeldoorn Team sprint
2021 Grenchen Sprint
2021 Grenchen Team sprint
2022 Munich Team sprint
2023 Grenchen Sprint
2023 Grenchen Keirin
2023 Grenchen Team sprint
2024 Apeldoorn Sprint
2024 Apeldoorn Keirin
2024 Apeldoorn Team sprint
2025 Heusden-Zolder Sprint
2025 Heusden-Zolder Keirin
2019 Apeldoorn Sprint
2025 Heusden-Zolder Team sprint
2026 Konya Sprint
2026 Konya Keirin
2017 Berlin Team sprint
2018 Glasgow Sprint

Harrie Lavreysen (born 14 March 1997) is a Dutch track cyclist who competes in sprint events. He is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, having won the sprint and team sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and adding the sprint, the team sprint and the keirin titles at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He has won 20 World Championship titles, including seven titles in the team sprint (2018–2021, 2023-2025), seven consecutive titles in the individual sprint (2019–2025), four in the keirin (2020–2022, 2025), and two (2024-2025) in the 1km time trial, making him the most successful track cyclist at World Championships of all time. His international debut was at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the team sprint event. He has since won 14 European Track Championship titles.

Formerly a BMX rider, he is nicknamed "The Beast".

In the UCI Track Cycling World Championships he has the record for most total gold medals (20), most gold medals in individual events (13) and most gold medals in a single edition (4 in 2025).